The programming shift underscores the emphasis placed on election-year programming by the cable news networks.
The show inaugurates the first full season of programming by the Park Avenue Armory since it began reinventing itself as an unconventional arts center three years ago.
The programming shift underscores the emphasis placed on election-year programming by the cable news networks: Fox calls itself "America's election headquarters"; CNN promotes "the best political team on television"; and MSNBC labels itself "the place for politics".
The company attributed the profit decline at V.U.E. in part to increased spending on original programming by the Universal television unit and to lower theme park attendance because of the soft economy.
Jointly designed by the artist Jeremy Deller and the graphic designer Fraser Muggeridge, it launched a year of programming by the London venue to mark the 500th anniversary of Thomas More's seminal work Utopia.
The single curated program was touted as one that would enable a more strategic approach to programming by the institutions, connecting three of the city's key cultural precincts – The Domain (AGNSW), Redfern (Carriageworks) and Circular Quay (MCA).
